Almeley railway station

Almeley
Almeley station platform
Location
Place	Almeley
Area	Herefordshire
Coordinates	52°09′32″N 2°58′55″W / 52.159°N 2.982°WCoordinates: 52°09′32″N 2°58′55″W / 52.159°N 2.982°W
Operations
Original company	Kington and Eardisley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
3 August 1874	Station opened
1 January 1917	Station closed
11 December 1922	Station reopened
1 July 1940	Station closed
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Almeley railway station was a railway station on the line from Kington to Eardisley in the English county of Herefordshire.

History

Opened on the Kington and Eardisley Railway, operated from the outset by the Great Western Railway, the station closed during the Second World War.

The site today

The station building, which was used for many years as a cattle shed, has recently been converted into a dwellinghouse. The platform still exists.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• Kington to Eardisley Line

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